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Date: Thursday, September 5, 2013

Subject: The SBReviews: SHAKSPER Book Reviews

Dear Subscribers,

I have regained much of the energy I had ten years ago through my practice and through the work of excellent doctors and surgeons. At the end of next week, I will have another surgery. As much as I would like to view myself as someone who can do everything, recovery, physical therapy, and my commitment to deepening my practice all take up a sizable amount of my time, even though I am “retired.”

A while ago, I acknowledged that I could not do all things and asked for a collaborator to help me redo my “Selected Guide to Shakespeare on the Internet.” Jed Serrano volunteered for that task and is working assiduously on it. At some point, I will ask for a volunteer or volunteers to review Jed’s work and offer any suggestions to the two of us prior to mounting the new Guide.

There is an inherent problem with having active scholars, especially with their various academic responsibilities, working in volunteer capacities on a peer-reviewed project like The SBReviews or the Roundtable.

So I thought I would ask the membership two questions for your private reactions:

Did you find The SBReviews a valuable part of your SHAKSPER subscription and of the SHAKSPER web site?

Would you like to see The SBReviews continue?

The obvious follow-up question would be “Would you be willing to serve on The SBReviews Panel for a limited term?” (18 months, for example), but asking before I see if there is interest in continuing the project would be premature.

Any responses will be kept between the responder and myself and will not be posted.